The Emperor is Above

Chapter 264: There are monsters in the capital? (190 subscriptions plus extra)

"Hmm, it's this token!"

Old Man Shi looked at the silver token with mysterious pattern in Qing Yi's hand. His dark and thin face was stunned at first, then he smiled with wrinkles all over his face, and nodded repeatedly to encourage him.
"Not bad, not bad. I didn't expect that the Lord would give you his token. This is enough to show how much he values ​​you. Boy Yi, cherish this opportunity. The Imperial Academy has a lot of good things."

Xing Shu, who was acting like a lady, couldn't help herself after seeing the token. She was surprised and slightly annoyed and said, "I asked my father for this token several times, but he never gave it to me. He actually gave it to an outsider?"

"Hey, Miss Shu, how can you talk like that?" Old Man Shi reminded her in pretended displeasure. Your father has taken great pains to win over people's hearts, how can you make things worse behind their backs?

"Sorry, sorry, I made a slip of the tongue! Senior Sergeant Guqiu Yi is very talented. I think there must be a deep meaning behind the token your father gave you."

The beautiful girl realized her mistake and covered her lips apologetically. Her crescent-shaped eyes flashed with cunning, and she smiled in a flattering manner,
"My sister Niuniu and I have long wanted to go to the Imperial College to browse through the collection of books. Sergeant Guqiu Yi, your token has extremely high authority. Not only can you browse all the books at will, but you can also bring two people in and out. Please take us in!"

"Yes, big brother, please take us to the Imperial College to play!" Niu Niu also became excited, her face flushed with excitement, "Sister Shushu said there are a lot of fun things there."

"Niuniu, you are such a bad teammate. You let the cat out of the bag!" Xing Shu covered his forehead speechlessly, feeling helpless towards this little guy who made things worse.

"What nonsense!"

Old Man Shi rubbed Niuniu's little head lovingly, and then tapped the girl Xing Shu's head gently, and scolded her with a smile,
"The Imperial College has always been a place for cultivation. For hundreds of years, girls have been prohibited from entering and leaving to avoid disturbing the cultivation state of the Imperial College students. Please don't make things difficult for Boy Yi.

"Boy Yi, don't listen to their nonsense. They don't want to go to the Imperial College to study, but to go in and cause trouble. They are two naughty girls."

Qing Yi thought for a moment and chuckled before suggesting, “Since it’s just for fun, why don’t Nuji and Niuniu go to the market in the lower city or the market at the pier outside the city to play?

There are many merchants and travelers from all over the world, including many merchants and travelers from all over the Central Plains. There are not only a lot of fun things to do there, but also a lot of delicious food. I heard that many children of the royal family and the children of the nobles in the upper city often go there to play."

"No, no, I don't want to go to the downtown area to play!"

When Xing Shu heard this suggestion, his cunning and mischievous eyes revealed fear, and he waved his hands repeatedly to refuse.

"There are terrible monsters hiding in the lower city. They will eat people until only their skeletons are left. My second brother has seen the scene with his own eyes. It is really terrifying."

"There are monsters in the capital?"

"Eat people till only the skeleton is left?"

Qing Yi and Tun Shigu exclaimed at the same time, and then looked at each other.

Compared to the pure shock in Tun Shigu's eyes, there was a hint of doubt in Qing Yi's eyes.

Niuniu also nodded vigorously and said pitifully: "There are monsters in the lower city that eat people. Grandpa doesn't let Niuniu and sister Shushu go to the lower city to play. It's so pitiful!"

At this time, even Old Man Shi sighed slightly, his dark and thin face full of solemnity: "Shu Yatou and Niuniu are right, there are indeed strange monsters of unknown origin hidden in the lower city."

Qing Yi couldn't help but ask, "Old Man Shi, when I arrived at the capital at dusk yesterday, all the foreigners and civilians in the city were celebrating, and I didn't see any sadness or fear.

If there were monsters eating people in the lower city, wouldn't it have spread all over the place long ago? How could the people of the country be in the mood to spontaneously celebrate Huo Yunyaqing's victory? "

Xing Shu pouted unhappily, "I'm not lying. Liars are dogs. Last year, Xing Jiyin was attacked by ghosts summoned by the Ghost Witch Department in the lower city. If it weren't for the timely rescue by Zhong Xingshuo, the great master of the Gongfeng Hall, Xing Jiyin would have died. This year, monsters eating people have happened every month. Maybe the Ghost Witch Department is behind this again."

"It's not that I don't believe Nv Ji, but I think this matter is really weird!" Qing Yi knew that Xing Jiyin was the name of the youngest son of Xing Hou, but his doubts became even stronger.
“Although there were ghosts attacking the youngest son of Marquis Xing at the beginning of the year, they were quickly discovered and killed by the powerful men in the capital. Even the ghost witch tribe’s chief witch and a group of totem warriors who were hiding outside the city and casting spells were quickly killed.

This time, a monster appeared in the capital again to do evil, but it was able to avoid the attention of two first-class grandmasters, Shi Laoweng and Qianye Laoweng, as well as many powerful people. I really can't believe it."

The first-rank grandmaster is also known as the grandmaster who protects the country and the grandmaster who guards the country. He is able to intimidate all ghosts and evil creatures and ensure the stability and peace inside and outside the capital. It is simply unimaginable that any ghosts and evil creatures can hide from the searching eyes of the first-rank grandmaster.

"Ugh--"

Old Man Shi couldn't help but sigh, and a hint of worry appeared on his dark and thin face.

“This is exactly what I’m worried about. In the past, evil monsters would always have an evil aura no matter how they hid themselves. Once they did evil, their tracks would be quickly discovered. However, this time, the man-eating monster acted strangely and hid very deeply.

Starting as early as mid-March this year, there have been one or two incidents of monsters eating people in the capital almost every month. Sometimes the victim is just one person, and sometimes an entire family is killed. Each time, only complete bones are left.

At that time, Xianyu's army of more than 100,000 was attacking the border town in a hurry, and the Northeast Ghost Witch Tribe was also ready to make a move. I was sitting in Beilin City to deter the enemy, and old man Qianye was obsessed with the elixir of immortality every day.

Fortunately, the city guard captain Qiu Yuan discovered it in time, reported it to the king and kept the news strictly secret. At the same time, he mobilized all the city guards in the capital to carefully search for the monster's hiding place, but he still found no trace.

When the situation in the northern border stabilized in the summer, I returned to the capital from Beilin City and asked old man Qianye and ten priests from the worship hall to search carefully every day, but we still couldn't find the monster.

Perhaps the monster also discovered that we were searching for it, and there was no movement for two consecutive months. Until after the autumn harvest, when the Black Wind Tribe, the Ghost Witch Tribe, the Cat Ghost Cult, and the wild people of the Great Swamp launched an attack together, it began to come out again to eat people in the capital.

This time, the monster has been hiding for two months and has become even more unscrupulous. Even though the war is over and old man Chiba and I have returned to the capital, it still commits two or three crimes every month.

Unfortunately, the old man is old and frail, and has failed the Lord's earnest expectations. Until now, there is still no clue. I can only ask Niuniu and Shu Yatou to try not to go to the lower city to play."

"hiss--"

Qing Yi's heart suddenly felt cold. He didn't expect that the biggest danger to the capital was not the threat from Zhonghang Shuo and the ministers, but the man-eating monster hidden in secret.

What is even more worrying is that the monster was afraid of Old Man Shi and Old Man Qianye at first, but after growing stronger over the past year, it dared to continue committing crimes with impunity, and it was clear that it was no longer afraid of even the two first-grade grandmasters.

"Wow, what a scary monster!" Tu Shigu asked worriedly, "Old Man Shi, do you know whether the monster likes to eat fat people or thin people?"

"I haven't seen it with my own eyes, so how do I know whether the monster likes fat or thin?" Old Man Shi glared at Tu Shigu unhappily, and patted his fat belly with his skinny palm, "Maybe you are fat and greasy, and that's just what the monster likes!"

As the fat on Tun Shigu's big belly trembled like waves, Tun Shigu couldn't help but shiver all over.

Just as Qing Yi was about to say something, he heard Da Niu's urgent voice coming from outside the yard: "Master, Master, it's bad, the head of the Gongsun family has been captured by the city guards."

Thanks to Mu Xing Kong Cheng and Zhang Yu 0509 for the rewards.

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